Loading and unloading wagon-bodies



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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. H. LILLIE. LOADING AND UNLOADING WAGON BODIES. No. 430,662. Patented June 24, 1890.

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H. LILLIE.

LOADING AND UNLOADING WAGON BODIES. No. 430,662. Patented June 24,' 1890.

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HARVEYLILLIE, OF BELLWOOD, NEBRASKA.

LOADING AND UNLOADING WAGON-BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters` Patent No. 430,662, dated June 24, 1890.

Application led February 7,1890.` Serial No. 339,509. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY LILLIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bellwood, in the county of Butler and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Device for Hoisting and Unloading Wagon- Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for hoisting and unloading Wagon-bodies; and it has for its object to constructfa device of this class which shall be simple and easily arranged in position for operation, and by means of which wagon-bodies loaded with loose material of any kind-such as grain-may be conveniently elevated and their contents dumped or discharged into suitable receptacles alongside of which the hoisting apparatus has been placed for operation.

The invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts which will behereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hoisting apparatus, showing a wagon in position for having its bed hoisted. Fig` 2 is a perspective view showing the wagon-bed hoisted and in position for dumping or discharging the load. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the frame. Fig. 4 isa detail view showing the construction of the adj ustable portion of the frame. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the construction of the end-gate of the Wagon adapted to be used in connection with my invention.

Like numerals 0f reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

l l designate a pair of longitudinally-arranged parallel sills, at the corners of which uprights 2 2 are secured vertically. The upper ends of said uprights are connected by longitudinal frame-pieces 3 3 and transverse cross-bars 4 4, and the said uprights are additionally connected by the cross-bars 5 5.

6 designates the cap-beam, which is connected by inclined braces 7 with the framepieces 3 3 and transverse cross-bars 4 4. The

to which it may be desired to hoist the material which is to be unloaded.

8 8 designate a pair of longitudinal supporting-beams, which are connected adjustably to the corner-posts 2 of the frame by means of clips or clamps 9, encircling the said corner-posts, and having clamping-plates lO, which may be secured by means of the thumb-nuts 11. The supporting-beams 8 8 are provided with centrally-located downwardly-extending brackets 12, which are connected adjustably with uprights 13, rising the hoisting-chains 2l, which are adapted to be suitably connected with the wagombed 22, which may thus be lifted off the running-gear by means of the hoisting mechanism. The

free end of the hoisting-rope 18 ispassed.

under a suitably-arranged guide-pulley 28 and has a whiftletree 24 attached thereto for the attachment of the team.

The wagon-bed 22 is provided with an endgate 25, which is hinged upon a transverse rod 26. its lower edge with a cleat 27, having a perforation 2S, which is in C lignment with a perforation in the bottom of the wagonebed, as shown at 29. A key or pin 30 may be passed through the perforations 28 and 29 to secure the end-gate is alocked position. The upper end of the key or pin 30 terminates in a ring 31, to which is attached the end of a rope 32, which passes through a guide ring or staple 33 upon the upper edge of the end-gate. Upon a ring 35 at the outer end of the rod 26 is attached a hook 36, which is secured at the end of a rope or cord 37. Said rope has an additional hook 3S attached thereto and adapted to engage a ring 39, formed at the outer end of the transverse binding-rod 40 at the front end of the wagon-bed.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The hoisting-frame is arranged alongside the bin or grainery into which material is to be The said end-gate is provided near IOO is hoisted until it is slightly above the supporting-beams 8, which have been previously adjusted to the desired height. The wagonbed is now swung around a one-quarter turn j and lowered until it rests upon the supporting-beams 8.v The rope 32 is now manipu- .lated to detach the key or pin 30 from the perforation in the end-gate and in the bottom of the wagon-bed, and the said end-gate will now swing out and permit the contents of the wagon-body to be discharged over a chute 41, which has been suitably attached to the supporting-beam 8. This may be readily accomplished by simply hooking or attaching the end of the rope 32 to any suitable point of the frame-for instance, to a cleat 52 upon one of the sills-and slightly hoisting the wagon-body, the rear or tail end of which will thus be held steady, while its front end will be elevated, causing its contents to be quickly discharged.

It will be seen that by the construction of the frame as herein described the supporting-beams upon which the wagon-body rests while its contents is being discharged may be easily and quickly adjusted to the height of the bin into which material is to be discharged; also, that the props which support the central portions of said beamswill serve to relieve excessive strain upon the clips or clamping devices by means of which the said supporting-beams are secured to the uprights of the frame.

The general construction of the device is simple and inexpensive, and by its use wagons may be easily and quickly unloaded without spilling any of the contents.

I-lavin g thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a hoisting and unloading device, the combination of the frame having' the uprights at the four corners thereof, the longitudinal parallel supporting-beams secured vertically and adj ustably to the said uprights, and suitable hoisting mechanism, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the frame having the uprights at the four corners thereof, the longitudinal parallel supporting-beams secured vertically adjustable to said uprights, and the adjustable props supporting the central portions of said supporting-beams, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the frame having the uprights at the four corners thereof, the longitudinal supporting-beams, the clips serving to secure the said supporting-beams adj ustably to the corner-posts, the brackets 12, extending downwardly from said supportingbeams, the uprights 13, mounted upon the sills of the frame, and the connecting-bolts, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the frame having the vertically-adjustable supporting-beams, the hoisting-gear, and a rope having hooks, whereby it may be connected detachably to the transverse rods at the front and rear ends of a wagon-bed having a hinged end-gate, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the frame having the vertically-adjustable supporting -'beams, the hoisting-gear, the guide-pulley for the latter, a chute adapted to be secured to one of the longitudinal supporting-beams, a wagonbody having a hinged end-gate provided with a cleat at its lower edge, a key or pin adapted to pass through a perforation in said cleat and through a corresponding perforation in the bottom of the Wagon-bed, and a rope attached to said key and passing through a guide ring or staple upon the upper edge of the end-gate, the free end of said rope being adapted to be secured to a xed point of the frame for the purpose of securing the wagonbody in position for being tilted, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARVEY LILLIE.

Witnesses:

J oHN E. KELLOGG, CHAsN. KELLoGG. 

